The gender-education-poverty nexus: Kenyan youth's perspective on being young, gendered and poor

Comparative Education

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 195-209

  Chege, Fatuma N ^a   Arnot, Madeleine ^b  

^a KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; GENDER RELATIONS; GENDER ROLE; POVERTY; YOUNG POPULATION;

KENYA;

EID: 84857308917     PISSN: 03050068     EISSN: 13600486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03050068.2011.608897     Document Type: Article

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